Earth time: April 21

Otherworldly time: 4.21 light rain turned cloudy

For some reason, when it comes to the rainy season or this gloomy season, perhaps because of old age, I can always think of many things in the past, and there is always a sense of desolation and loneliness in my heart that cannot be described.

This feeling seems to have accompanied me all my life, like the calm after a storm, although it is comfortable and comfortable, but the vigor of the storm is the most unforgettable.

Just like our story, after Yaoguang and I arrived in the Steel City, the gears of fate finally turned completely.

"Unexpectedly, that old man is really powerful, he actually used his qi to run the teleportation crystal, and directly teleported to the steel city, he must also be a powerful person" Yaoguang's tone in my ears was mixed with surprise and envy, and at the same time, I felt a little lost in my weakness.

"Yes, but don't be disappointed, I think you will become as powerful as him sooner or later" I am not naturally very good at comforting people, especially in this situation, now think about it, how lucky I must be that Yaoguang in my previous life can tolerate a person like me.

"How long will it take? I don't want to wait until I'm an old woman, and don't forget, I'm not going to be angry yet," Yaoguang shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"Well, don't be discouraged, sooner or later, I'll teach you sometime," I could only comfort.

As soon as I heard that I was going to teach her how to use qi, she suddenly came to her senses, and her eyes seemed to be twinkling stars in front of me: "Really? ”

"Really, really, but you're too close" I shy and hid, I admit, even if I was like that in my previous life, I gradually became indifferent to emotions, and I still only throbbed with her, maybe, this is what I think of as love.

"Hey~" She smiled slyly, and I couldn't guess what she was thinking in the ghost's eyes: "I didn't expect you to be shy."

"Who said that, you just got too close, I instinctively avoided it" I admitted, a little flustered at the moment. She just looked at me with a wicked smile on her face and stared at me without saying a word, which made me furious, and hurriedly changed the subject: "It's not too early, we should go too"

"Cut" she glanced at me with some dissatisfaction, as if she was displeased with my evasion and not playing tricks enough, but let her go, I don't want to be caught by her pigtails and continue to laugh at me: "Obviously she did that kind of thing to me before"

"What did you say?" I really didn't understand her whispering.

"It's nothing, call you stupid!" She walked away in a huff.

I looked at the back of her leaving suspiciously, I don't know what I said wrong, a woman's temper is really weather, and it will change.

We walked out of the room and prepared to go to his office that Elder Hong had arranged for us to take notes.

It only took a minute for us to travel from the town to the Steel City, all because of the teleportation crystals used by Elder Hong.

This kind of crystal needs to transport qi to maintain the open portal, but it is a pity that the transmission crystal is only a one-time time, and it depends on how much qi can be transported.

Although the teleportation crystal is used as a one-time use item, it is fortunate that any qi collector can use it, and the materials for making teleportation crystals in this continent are very rich, so it can also be regarded as an ordinary prop. Of course, ordinary people can't use it, and there are conditions, that is, it must be a place where the user has been to open the portal with crystals, otherwise forcibly opening the unknown portal will distort the space and become very troublesome.

After seeing the teleportation crystal, and learning the information of the crystal from Lao Liang, to be honest, I was a little envious, but also a little disappointed, after all, I dispelled the idea of relying on the crystal to teleport to Kunlun, and I thought about it, if I could really do this, the teacher would not have used it earlier, in the end, I was too naïve.

Yaoguang and I, who were placed in an apartment under the Investigation Headquarters of Steel City, were also temporarily restricted from freedom at the same time, and although I understood what they were doing, I still persuaded Yaoguang who was angry because of it for an hour or two.

Although it had been a night since I arrived at the Iron City, I had never seen the Steel City outside the room at all, as our room was in the basement room of the apartment, which made me a little curious about what it was like outside and began to try to guess in my own mind.

Yaoguang broke into my room early in the morning, saying that she couldn't sleep, and had been speculating about Hong Lao's intentions and asked me to be ready to flee at any time, although I was also a little wary in my heart, but at least so far they have not done anything excessive to us, the rooms are the same as ordinary rooms, and there are separate toilets and bathrooms, and the food is also arranged more sumptuous and delicious, and there are no monitoring equipment and traces. There is only a guard in a robe outside the door, and it can be seen that we are only temporarily restricted from freedom, who asked me to agree to others, so naturally I will abide by the rules of others first, as for why we are treated like this, to be honest, I don't know, but at least I can guess that it is related to the wolf king, in exact, it is related to the red eyes of the wolf king.

I didn't know what they meant, but at least I could understand the change in their expressions because of that sentence.

Although I kept comforting Yaoguang to reassure her, I always had a vague bad premonition in my heart, but Yaoguang, who had just been coaxed, didn't know that I was angry because I said something wrong.

We can only go to the office of Hong Lao, who has been agreed in advance, under the leadership of the black-robed guard. I was amazed that there were elevators in this world, but they were steam elevators from the past that I only knew about in movies and graphic novels, and I was inexplicably thrilled by the intricately carved hollow steel patterns and the ropes faintly visible overhead and the faint rumble that I could hear when I started, which I had experienced for the first time.

After all, the long and narrow corridor looks the same from the outside, but the sudden presence of such an elevator can really make people's eyes shine.

The person next to me was even more indescribably excited, but I could see everything from her glowing and curious eyes.

As the elevator gradually ascended, the view in front of us and the surrounding space gradually became different, but the feeling of being closed by the lack of sunlight from the windows and the wind blowing around me made me feel a little uncomfortable. On each floor, I could see long and narrow corridors similar to the ones we had been in before.

Eventually, we stopped at the upper two floors of the room we were in, but it didn't make me feel like we were on the ground now, even though the hallway in front of us was different, it was wider, the lighting was more normal, and more importantly, the people in black uniforms who came and went, like workers here, gave some life to the enclosed underground.

I noticed that their uniforms were different from the black robes of the leader and the caretaker in front of me, and that they were more simple than like suits on earth, and that they wore a kind of bronze badge on their chests that I had never seen before, and the shape and appearance of the badge were more like that of a monster, the head of a mouse, but on either side there was a pair of bird's wings.

"What's that badge?" I tried to ask the man who was leading the way, but all I got was his silence and the unstoppable us.

"It's rude," Yaoguang muttered quietly from behind me.

I smiled awkwardly at her, "It's okay."

Eventually, we turned a few corners and stopped in front of a closed double door. The black-robed guards on both sides stood guard, and their hoods covered their faces, although the appearance was a little eerie, but not scary.

The black-robed man who led the way knocked on the door, and after hearing the familiar sound of Hong Lao coming in from inside the door, the black-robed man helped us open the door on one side and motioned for us to enter.

This kind of déjà vu and vigilant posture made me feel more and more that Hong Lao's true identity might not be as simple as an ordinary investigation team leader. After all, who would deliberately arrange two guards in the ordinary captain's office in their own home.

But I also knew that I couldn't judge the things in front of me that I had never experienced before, but my intuition told me so.

When I walked into the house, I found that the layout was actually ordinary, the hanger on the right, the sofa and coffee table that you could see as soon as you entered the door.

"You're here, sit down," following Hong Lao's voice, all he could see at the same time were a few ordinary chairs and a large desk, as well as Hong Lao standing behind the desk with a warm smile and a row of bookcases full of books behind him.

The ordinary ones surprised me, but they didn't surprise me much.

"Hmm," I nodded. Tong Yaoguang sat on the chair in front of us. Although I was led to Mr. Hong's office early in the morning, I still felt that just making a record should not be so complicated, and there must be some other intentions behind it, which was told to me by my conjecture when I stepped into the office.

Yes, there are times when I really trust my instincts and inner conjectures.

"Actually, it's okay for us to do it later, and now I called you here to discuss another matter with you" Hong Lao's expression gradually became serious.

"What's the matter?" confirmed the conjecture in my heart, sure enough, there is still no free lunch in the world, but a record and one thing in exchange for a reward, I always feel a little indebted, sorry, I'm a little more serious about getting money.

"I hope you can stay in Steel City for the time being, as a foreign aid to our investigation team, to help us enter an academy to investigate something"

"What's the matter?"

"You won't know until you say yes"

"Then I'm sorry, we won't agree, we have other things to do, I think it's better to finish the record and get paid and leave" To be honest, I really don't want to be held back by irrelevant things, I just want to get to Kunlun quickly and solve the doubts in my heart.

"I really hope you can stay for the time being," Hong Lao tried to persuade us again.

"Why just irrelevant us? And with so many professional people in the investigation team, I think they are more suitable than us, right? Many questions arose in my heart about Mr. Hong's request.

"Because the investigation team also has restrictions, after all, it is only an investigation agency in the steel city, and the forces behind this academy you want to enter are difficult to even involve the investigation team too deeply, and if it is too public, it will not be a good thing for the investigation team, so I can only hope that you will help."

"So, why us? You seem to have something left unfinished: "We're all adults, so there's no need to beat around the bush if there's any problem, even though I'm still a seventeen-year-old."

Hong Lao frowned, and then said two words: "Wolf King"

"The Wolf King? What does this have to do with the Wolf King? "It seems that Yaoguang, who is next to me, also realizes that things don't seem to be so simple, and preemptively asks my question.

"I'm sorry, more, we can't tell you yet, we will only tell you about it gradually after you agree, but you also need to abide by your commitment to confidentiality"

"But I'm still sorry, we won't be involved" However, just as I got up to leave with Yaoguang, a hunch suddenly flashed through my mind.

"Stay, do what you're supposed to do in the Iron City," the familiar voice echoed in my head.

"Teacher?" I asked softly with a frown.

"What's wrong Beidou?" Yaoguang looked at me suspiciously.

"No, it's fine," I prevaricated casually.

But the teacher's voice in my heart still continued: "Stay and do what you have to do"

'Teacher, where are you?!' I kept asking in my mind, but there was no more voice in my head.

Although I have many confusions, since the teacher said to stay, there must be a reason, and he also asked me to do what I should do, what should I do?

Many questions began to tug at me.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Beidou? Her face is not very good," Yaoguang looked at me with her concerned gaze again.

"It's really okay, I'm bothering you" I don't plan to reveal too much about the teacher in front of Hong Lao, because I'm not sure what the consequences of saying one more word will be, this is the result of the lessons I have learned for decades.

But Hong Lao obviously also knows how to read words and feelings, and saw my sudden abnormality, but he didn't say anything more, but continued to ask for my answer: "Do you really stop thinking about it?" We will also send you the reward in advance, and after completing the task, not only will you get the corresponding payment, but I will also promise you one thing, which can be regarded as some compensation for you"

I looked at Hong Lao again, and found that his expression was solemn and serious, and I had a general impression of the seriousness of this matter, although it was not a good errand, but since the teacher asked me to stay, then I simply stayed and saw what was going on: "Okay, then I promise you"

Hong Lao nodded slightly, and then looked at Yaoguang with me, because this matter involves the two of us, so we also need to ask for her consent.

Yaoguang shook his eyes back and forth, as if thinking about something, and finally chuckled: "Anyway, I don't have anything to do, since Beidou stays, then I'll stay too."

I breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, I didn't really want Yaoguang to leave from my heart, perhaps, it was because of the love left over from my previous life, so that I still had some luck and expectations for the girl in front of me, who was both familiar and strange.

Elder Hong also let go of his shoulders, it seems that since we have agreed, then this matter can be regarded as a success: "Okay, I will go through the relevant admission procedures and preparations for you from tomorrow, and there will be a member of our team who will stay in the academy as a receiver in the academy at that time, and he will help you complete this task."

I nodded: "So when are we going to start?" ”

"Tomorrow"

"I really don't give a little rest," I couldn't complain.

"Because it's almost time for the annual competition of that college, there will be a lot of people from outside the school to visit, and the management will be a little lax, so if you enroll early, it will be convenient to investigate."

"It's a team, so what else do we need to do?"

"Just make a contract" Hong Lao finished speaking, he took out a piece of parchment from the drawer, the paper was printed with black ink characters, which were also Chinese characters, roughly some terms such as secrecy and ensuring our safety during the period, and the low signed part made us sign it.

However, to my surprise, after signing, the parchment instantly emitted a faint golden light, and after the light dissipated, the ink also turned golden.

"What is this?" I looked at Mr. Hong in surprise.

"There's no need to worry, it's just a sign of the success of the contract, and when the contract is fulfilled, the contract will automatically disappear."

"Yes," I was skeptical, because although I was sure that nothing had been done on the terms, my sensitive and suspicious heart was now coming out again.

"Lao Liang will help you arrange all the necessary things, of course, that little girl's things will also be arranged by our other female team member, after all, there is a difference between men and women, just leave it to her, as for the remuneration, don't worry, it will be prepared for you tonight" The carefulness shown by Hong Lao, who changed the topic, made Yaoguang smile gratefully. I also heard the meaning of Hong Lao's words, and naturally knew what to do.

"Then it's okay, we can go?" It just so happened that I also wanted to go back and pack up the baggage we brought, but fortunately they didn't detain it, otherwise something important in the bag would be lost, that is, the book that the teacher asked me to bring, although I didn't know what the teacher did when I was unconscious, but when I found that all the papers on the book became white paper, I was frightened and hurried to ask the teacher, the teacher said that this book is very important, let me always carry it with me, don't put it in the bag, and it will be useful when I enter Kunlun, the book is not big, It is also enough to tuck it into the chest.

In order to avoid Hong Lao's inspection, I hid it in my room, and now I want to hurry back and find the book.

"Well, I'll help you get ready in the evening, and please continue to stay in the same room until then" Although Hong Lao's approach didn't really like the two of us, since he agreed to the other party, and out of understanding, he could only follow their arrangement.

It's just that I didn't know that after I left, a special person came into Hong Lao's room, and the appearance of this person seemed to push my future gears to turn more intensively.

"It's so boring, I thought I could go out and see the Steel City, who knew I would have to stay underground for another night" After we left, Yaoguang grumbled from beside me.

"Since they all agreed, let's just listen to their arrangements first"

"I said that you have a good temper, so you will be easily bullied, and you will be led by the nose"

"Really" I smiled awkwardly, not because I had a good temper, but because I had to stay because of the teacher's voice in my heart.

"yes, and I can't figure it out, why did you promise him, we have no reason to stay."

I looked at the black-robed man leading the way in front of me, and whispered to Yaoguang, "I'll tell you when I go back to my room."

"But it's good to be able to go to school" I heard the meaning of anticipation from Yaoguang's words, although I don't know her life experience and her experience, and she has never told me, but seeing her look of expectation and longing, I can't help but feel a little happy, maybe, it is right to stay, maybe, it can give her the campus life she expects.

Now that I think about it, I am seventeen years old, she is sixteen years old, and I should be a sophomore or two years of secondary school on earth, if that school is just an ordinary high school, then it seems good to spend a quiet year there, for some reason, I have such a thought in my heart, which is really not for me who is burdened with a sea of blood hatred.

When we returned to the room and pushed open our door, the black-robed man no longer followed us, but continued to stand guard not far from the door.

The door was still a simple furnishing, but the thick box on the table and the bag on the bed caught my attention.

"They're really efficient, we've just finished agreeing and we've got things ready," Yaoguang curiously walked to the bed and flipped through the bag on the bed.

"It seems that they have long been convinced of what we will promise," I had more and more doubts in my mind.

"By the way, what did you just want to talk to me" She didn't pull out the contents of the bag, but remembered what I had just said.

"Oh" I looked around and saw that there was nothing unusual, so I continued to whisper in order to avoid having ears outside the wall, "This is what the teacher told me by transmission"

"That teacher of yours?!" Yaoguang was surprised, but I immediately motioned for her to be quiet.

"Hmm"

"Although I've heard that some people can transmit sound, but there are really not many people who can transmit sound from their hearts, so how strong is the ability to achieve it, this is no longer a matter of the realm of qi."

"I'm also strange, I've been with teachers for so many years, and it's the first time I've known that teachers can have such skills."

"So there must be a reason why your teacher asked you to stay?"

"Well, that's why I agreed to his commission, but I don't know why he did it."

Yaoguang shook his head from beside me: "Forget it, I can't think of it anyway, it's better to let it be, by the way, let's see what they have prepared"

After Yaoguang finished speaking, he took out a set of folded black clothes from his bag. When it is opened, it is a black ordinary pants, but the upper body is a little special.

A black long-sleeved V-neck jacket with the same pockets on both sides, except for the badge of a vertical sword coiled by a dragon on the right side of the chest, and the dragon's head is to the left, but in my sight it is to the right. In addition to this, there is a black tie and two white shirts.

I do wonder if even the school uniforms in this world are similar to the uniforms of some schools on the planet?

"The school uniform looks okay, but I don't know if it fits you or not, I want to know what my school uniform looks like" Yaoguang excitedly raised the school uniform in his hand and looked at it.

"Hmm" I walked to the box of things on the table, and when I opened it, I could basically see at a glance that there were some daily necessities prepared in advance, some pens and related textbooks and other school supplies, which were neatly placed on both sides.

Nothing out of the ordinary, except that a letter from the book on the right caught my attention.

The envelope reads addressed to Hokuto Yaichi, which is for me.

I picked up the letter and found it slightly heavier, and when I felt it was from the paper, it felt like it was about a poker-sized metal plate and a piece of paper.

When the envelope was opened, the poker-sized metal plate was poured out from the inside, and except for the sleek corners and straight edges, the four sides of the interior were carved with patterns, and the four sides connected to the central ring, except for which the rest was hollowed out.

I didn't know what it was, so I put it aside and opened the letter instead.

The letter reads:

To the Hokuto Yaichi

First of all, congratulations on entering Hall Wolf Stephen College, I think you must be confused at the moment, but don't be in a hurry to wonder, the first thing I want to tell you is that although I am the person who writes to you, I am not the person you really want to meet, I am just ghostwriting, that guy is busy with his own inventions all day long, so he has no time to deal with this kind of thing, so he let me come.

Let's get straight to the point, I think you also saw the contents of the envelope, it's a card, but it's not activated for the time being, you need to come to the academy and we'll help you activate it, so keep it, this card is very important, so you must not lose it!

In addition, below the envelope is some information about this college, it is better to know about this college before enrolling, which is also very important, and the details will be left until the meeting.

Finally, I would like to say that if you come to the school and want to find us, come to Room 2 on the second basement floor of the laboratory building, and we will be waiting for you here.

Attached: Finally, the name on the signature is not my name, but the name of the person you should see, as for me, you will know when the time comes, hehe.

Yu Heng

April 21 of the summer era

"Uh" After reading this casual letter, I can roughly sketch out an unreliable image, and with the last two words, I wonder if the person who wrote this letter is a quirky girl. Of course, this is just my own speculation.

And the name of this college is very similar to some pheasant universities on the planet, or it appears in the story, which makes me feel cheated.

However, the two points mentioned in the letter caught my attention, one was the metal card on the table, and the other was what kind of person would be Yuheng, the person who received the investigation team that Hong Lao said, would be?

"What are you looking at?" Yaoguang leaned over.

"It's nothing, it's just a letter," I handed the letter to Yaoguang, and there was no secret in it.

She picked up the letter and glanced at it, nodded slightly and put it aside, then took out the school uniform from the other hand, and said with a smile: "Wear it and see"

"Now?" I'm a little embarrassed.

"Hmm!" She nodded.

"But it feels so troublesome to wear it now."

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and wear it through" Although her voice urged, she could see that she was in a good mood.

"Okay then" I reluctantly agreed to her request, walked into the bathroom, changed into my school uniform, and then walked out of the bathroom.

When she saw me coming out, she was delighted: "People rely on clothes, and they look very energetic after wearing this clothes."

"Yes, yes?" I scratched my head in embarrassment.

"Mm-hmm, that's a little bit confident, it's not bad," she looked at me happily.

"Okay, don't stare too long, I'm sorry" I was stared at by her unnatural gaze.

"What, you're shy at this time?"

"No, I'm just not used to it"

She saw the stubbornness on my lips, but ignored it, and shook her head slightly, obviously she was in a very good mood now, and I couldn't tell if she was because she had successfully teased me or because of the anticipation she showed about enrollment.

She walked to the door and turned to look at me: "Then I'll go back first and see if my things are ready, see you tomorrow!" ”

"Well, see you tomorrow" To be honest, I didn't want to discourage her, but I knew in my heart what we were going to do and what we had to do.

I still know myself very well, I am sensitive and suspicious, and I will think more about things that have not yet happened, and this just affects my response and mentality towards the unknown.

Lying on the bed and looking at the time on the mechanical clock, it was only noon.

"See you tomorrow so early" For some reason, I was a little disappointed, but I still sat down on the table, took out the introduction of the academy and those textbooks, and began to flip through them because I was bored.

Before I knew it, I didn't even notice that it was already night and when I fell asleep.

The next day, when the first glare of sunlight finally came into view, I realized again, yes, maybe I am really like Yaoguang, full of expectations and longing for the upcoming campus life, to be exact, it should also be mixed with nostalgia.

And I was also led by Yaoguang, who was excited, and walked out of the portal with her handbag in my hand.